Sultanpur police on Monday arrested five people, including four women, on allegations of attempting to convert villagers to Christianity in Nurpur village of Dhammaur area.
Police identified the arrested persons as Ram Keval Bharti, Kunta Devi, Nirmala Bharti, Janki Kori, and Shyam Kali Kori. Officials said they were found conducting a prayer meeting where a black LED screen and a pen drive containing Christian sermons were being used. They were also accused of distributing Bibles and other religious material.
According to reports, members of a Hindu organisation allegedly linked to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) intervened in the meeting, leading to an argument. The group later informed police, after which Manoj Kumar Singh, a local RSS functionary from Dhammaur, lodged a complaint.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case under the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion of Religion Act along with other relevant sections, said Dhammaur station officer Anju Mishra.
The incident comes amid a series of recent cases filed under the anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh, where police have been instructed to act strictly on complaints of forced or fraudulent religious conversions.
(With inputs from Times of India)
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